In a message dated 3/23/99 4:04:57 PM Eastern Standard Time,
Asayogure@worldnet.att.net writes:

<< >In the course of introducing friends to anime and fanfics the question
 >has often been asked of me, why are lemon fics called that?  I have
 >never had an answer.  So now I put the question to you.
 
 This just goes to prove Gary's point that people just don't seem to know
 how to read the FAQ.  I know for a fact it is on the FFML website, and
 that a copy of it is sent to you when you join, so my question is why do
 some people refuse to read it?  They don't call them FREQUENTLY asked
 question for nothing you know.  Taken directly from my copy of the FAQ
 is the definition as follows:
 
 * WHAT IS A 'LEMON' FANFIC?
 
 'Lemons' are stories with explicit sexual content and should be
 labeled as such in the [Subject:] field when posted.  Not everyone on
 the ML is over 21.
 
 Example:
 
  Subject:  [LEMON] Story name
 
 A 'Lime' is a story that involves sexual situations, but does not give
 explicit descriptions of sexual acts. Tagging this type of story as
 [LIME] is highly recommended. >>

Um, I don't think that was quite what the question asked meant. I got the
impression that the asker (he/she?) meant -why- is a lemon fic called a lemon
fic. I honestly don't know, but maybe you should read the question a little
more before you answer rudely. 

-Touga